Compliance

December 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Microsoft has settled the "permatemp" class-action lawsuit, filed in 1992 by temporary workers of the software giant, for $96.9 million.

November 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wendy Mayall, chief investment officer of Unilever Superannuation Fund (USF) was on the defensive, in the group's £130 million negligence suit against Merrill...

November 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Chances that the US Supreme Court will use a long-running Colorado affirmative action dispute to decide the issue's constitutionality appeared to fizzle Wednesday...

October 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Labor Department has proposed temporarily waiving prohibited transaction rules to allow investment firms affiliated with retirement plans to make interest-free loans to...

October 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court turned away an appeal by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp (PBGC), upholding a ruling that cuts the pension liability...

October 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The California Supreme Court has agreed to review a lower court decision that would require Catholic Charities of Sacramento to offer its employees...

October 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) -This week the House Education & the Workforce Committee will conduct its markup on the so-called "Boehner?" bill, which attempts to broaden worker access to...

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Employment Nondiscrimination Act, banning workplace discrimination against homosexuals, was introduced in Congress Tuesday.

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House of Representatives voted 384 to 33 to pass a bill that would allow a portion of railroad pension funds to be...

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The gaps between the two sides of the patients' bill of rights seem to be drawing closer, but will it be close enough...

Washington DC, August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors worried about that "expiration date" on pension reform can perhaps breathe a little easier in the wake of comments...

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Monday New Jersey's acting governor, Donald T. DiFrancesco, signed a new patients' bill of rights into law.

Washington, August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors hoping for guidance on the implementation of the new pension reform provisions have a friend at Treasury - Benefits Tax...

June 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The lawsuit filed by the State Employees Association of North Carolina (SEANC) to prevent the Governor Mike Easley from withholding $151 million of...

May 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A 14 member bi-partisan commission, charged with investigating the Social Security retirement system, will be appointed by President Bush Wednesday, Reuters reports.

February 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - has the SEC sanctioned your fund manager? A new report offers plan sponsors insights on the problem, and strategies to deal with the...

February 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has issued an announcement clarifying that the proposed new rules on minimum distributions do not apply to those made...

December 12, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers may get some additional time to comply with the new ergonomics standards.

June 12, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a unanimous decision Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that employee benefit plans can sue parties in interest, even if they are not...

October 11, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Connecticut treasurer Paul Silvester has agreed to pay $10,500 to settle a civil fraud suit alleging he invested state pension fund money...